Posted by Underground Crafter on February 6, 2013 |
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It’s amazing what you find out through Facebook. For example, I had no idea my cousin’s wife was even pregnant until she posted pictures of her newborn, Brooklyn Sophia. Being of the old fashioned naming sort, I assumed that Brooklyn was an adjective describing Sophia. (As in “born in Brooklyn” Sophia.) Later, I came to [...]
Tags: and all the stars, baby blanket, brooklyn, brooklyn nets, frankie brown, jelly mould blanket, kindle fire, prophets of science fiction, reading, red heart, red heart super saver, robert a. heinlein, small things, starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on January 16, 2013 |
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Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the my color choices last week. I ended up starting my 2013 Temperature Scarf on Saturday. I love everything about this project so far! The colors are coming together nicely, and I love that this is a project that will take a minimum of 365 days to complete. There is [...]
Tags: 2013 crocheted temperature scarf, and all the stars, andrea k. host, arthur c. clarke, conceptual crochet, conceptual knitting, for myself, honey nutbrown's handcrafted and old fashioned Northern living, kindle fire, my year in temperature - scarf, netgalley, reading, sci fi, small things, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis, the sentinel, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 |
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One of my goals for 2012 was to read more. Last year around this time, I was feeling like some sort of statistic – you know, featured in all those doomsday articles you see online about how people don’t read anymore. Then my colleagues gifted me a Kindle Fire for Christmas and I hoped it would [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, 22E, and Literary Agents, arthur c. clarke, carolyn ives gilman, city and the stars and the sands of mars, denise grover swank, dying inside, Editors, elizabeth cline, goodreads, halfway human, here, how to love your job or find a new one, jeff herman, Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, joanna penn, kevin brockmeier, kindle fire, margaret atwood, mary shelley, michael wallace, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, ransom riggs, reading, robert silverberg, small things, stieg larsson, susan cain, the brief history of the dead, the creative penn, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, the girl who played with fire, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the last man, the righteous, the year of the flood, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 12, 2012 |
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It’s been almost 6 weeks since I last participated in Work in Progress Wednesday and Yarn Along. Life got very busy and I was mostly working on secret projects, so there was nothing too exciting to share. I’m happy to be back with a (very) little something and am looking forward to checking out what [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, cables, frankenstein, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitting, mary shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, reading, robyn chachula, small things, tami's amis, the last man, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 1, 2012 |
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My focus since Friday has been on busting stash with Ravellenic Games projects. So far, I’ve made a lot of progress towards finishing another ribbed beanie for my Holiday Stashdown Challenge. I’m using two strands of Moda Dea Tweedle Dee, a discontinued, self-striping, bulky yarn, and size 15 circular needles. This will be sort of a [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, destash, graphic, holiday crafting, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitting, melissa morgan-oakes, ravellenic games, ravellenic games hat dash, ravellenic games sock put, ravellenic games synchronized stash busting, reading, ribbing, small things, socks, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the creative penn, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, wip wednesday, wips, wipw
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 25, 2012 |
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My main focus this week has been preparing for the Ravellenic Games, which kick off on Friday during the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. My personal Herculean effort will be to knit my first pair of socks. I decided to use a pattern from Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. I’m far more comfortable [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, circular knitting, circular needles, clara parkes, dpns, h.g. wells, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitty city, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, melissa morgan-oakes, ravellenic games, ravellenic games modular relay, ravellenic games sock put, reading, small things, socks, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the creative penn, the knitter's book of socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 11, 2012 |
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I am at that weird place in between projects and I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do next. The temperature finally cooled down and I finished the Bruges lace scarf I was making for my friend (more details coming on Friday). I’ve made some progress on my Pineapple Doily Shawl since my last [...]
Tags: beanie, blanket, bruges crochet, cables, crochet, goodreads, h.g. wells, kindle fire, knitting, lace crochet best pattern 238, laura garsten, lily chin, margaret atwood, motifs, new york public library, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, power cables, prophets of science fiction, reading, science channel, small things, sparkling wave scarf, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the invisible man, the time machine, the war of the worlds, the year of the flood, wip, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 4, 2012 |
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I’m making good progress on the Bruges waves scarf for my friend, OB. I started it during my final Bruges lace class with Tatyana Mirer last week. (More details on the yarn and the classes.) When I asked OB about her preferred colors for a possible winter accessory, she asked for charcoal grey, or black, [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bruges crochet, carolyn ives gilman, dying inside, halfway human, holiday crafting, kindle fire, murder mystery, pinterest, reading, robert silverberg, sci fi, small things, sparkling wave scarf, speculative fiction, tami's amis, tatyana mirer, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 20, 2012 |
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I’m still working on my homework for the Bruges crochet class I’m taking with Tatyana Mirer at Knit-A-Way. I’m using Galler Yarns Parisian Cotton and a 00 (3.5 mm) crochet hook. So far, I’ve finished the oval and am mostly finished with the square. I still need to complete the curve and start two swatches [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, 400 knitting stitches a complete dictionary of essential stitch patterns, beanie, bruges crochet, cables, cables untangled an exploration of cable knitting, carolyn ives gilman, crochet, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, halfway human, kindle fire, knit-a-way, knitting, nude ewe ron, reading, small things, tami's amis, tatyana mirer, the nude ewe, very easy guide to cable knitting, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 6, 2012 |
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I’m still working on two of the same projects since my last Work in Progress Wednesday and Yarn Along post. My version of the Pineapple Doily Shawl by Laura Garsten seemed to be coming along quite well. I was working on it during the commute back and forth to my Saturday crochet class. But when [...]
Tags: carolyn ives gilman, crochet, galler yarns, galler yarns inca eco, halfway human, hirten-tweed, kindle fire, laura garsten, octavia butler, pineapple doily shawl, reading, secret project, shawl, small things, tami's amis, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
